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The Opioid Harm Response Community (OHRC) network is hosting two upcoming webinars focused on on community-level responses to the overdose crisis, a growing issue affecting communities across Canada. These sessions will offer a unique opportunity to learn about innovative, community-driven solutions and innovative strategies tackling the crisis head-on. 

Webinar Details: 

Working together to support localized, community-based needs 

Webinar 1: 

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The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has released a report, The State of Mental Health in Canada 2024, which uses data from across the country to provide a detailed look at the landscape of mental health, addictions, and substance use health care in Canada. 

Some highlights:

Mental health care is grossly underfunded, and mental health is often a privilege available only to those who can afford it.

Access to care depends on where you live and Indigenous and racialized people face the greatest barriers to care.

The Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH is excited to announce the upcoming CARIBOU CBT Training Course for Facilitators, an interactive, evidence-based program designed to enhance your ability to treat depression in children and youth (ages 13-24). This training is ideal for healthcare professionals such as social workers, occupational therapists, and psychologists looking to deepen their knowledge of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Sharing on behalf of Graham Woodward, Vice President and Dr. Paul Kurdyak, Vice President, Clinical, Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence (MHA CoE) 

The Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence (MHA CoE) is recruiting members for two of their provincial advisory tables. Please read below for more details on each opportunity and how to express your interest.  

1. Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Provincial Advisory Table 

The Centre for Mindfulness Studies is hosting another FREE mindfulness-based program for frontline staff, caregivers, and healthcare providers THIS FALL. This six-week mental health and mindfulness program was designed to help develop and sustain emotional well-being by learning coping skills and developing strategies to deal with difficult situations and feelings of isolation.  

The CARE Program is being funded by the ECHO Foundation.

Our team at the Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions is thrilled to unveil the latest edition of our implementation toolkit (Moving ideas into action: An implementation toolkit).

While many organizations have started to pay attention to diversity, equity and inclusion, they often don’t consider neurodiversity as an important aspect of these efforts. “Neurodiversity” refers to variations in how people’s brains work. We generally refer to neurodivergent individuals as those with autism and ADHD, but it can also include dyslexia (difficulty making sense of written text) and dyscalculia (difficulty making sense of math). People who are neurodivergent bring unique strengths to the workplace, but they often experience difficulty finding work and staying employed.

The Paula Goering Collaborative Research and Knowledge Translation Award recognizes an innovative researcher–knowledge user collaboration for integrated knowledge production and translation in the area of mental health and addictions. The award honours Dr. Paula Goering, a national leader in health services research and a pathbreaker in integrated knowledge development and dissemination.